The cluck stops here
/ 10 May 2013

The cluck stops here

In a chicken coop for the Seoul art-appreciation set, Eamon Allan finds birds of a certain feather flock together, even when they’re ceramic.

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/ 30 April 2008

North Korea headed for outright famine

North Korea again runs the risk of outright famine, ten years after up to one million of its people died of starvation, a leading United States research institute said on Wednesday. ”The country is in its most precarious situation since the end of the famine a decade ago,” said Peterson Institute senior fellow Marcus Noland.

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/ 29 April 2008

S Korea probes Chinese violence at torch relay

South Korea’s Foreign Ministry has voiced its concern to the Chinese ambassador in Seoul over violent incidents during the Olympic torch relay in the capital, and a police investigation is under way, an official said on Tuesday. South Korean newspapers ran angry editorials denouncing Chinese students who hurled rocks at groups criticising Beijing.

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/ 28 April 2008

North Korea fetes torch with rally and songs

North Koreans waved flags, plastic flowers and danced in the streets of Pyongyang to welcome the Olympic torch on Monday after the destitute state had promised its main benefactor China an ”astonishing” show. The global torch relay ahead of the Beijing Games in August has prompted protests against China’s rights record in Tibet.